Famous Deaths In March - 06

0766  On this day in history chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50   

1252  Death of Saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235) on March - 06.   

1490  On March - 06 death of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)   

1531  On March - 06 death of pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador   

1583  Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger), dies at 48 on March - 06.   

1615  Pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st gov-gen (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns on March - 06.   

1616  On this day in history francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)   

1627  Death of Krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580) on this day in history.   

1674  On this day in history johann Paul Schor, German barok painter, dies at 58   

1720  Death of Pieter van Flowers, Flemish painter, buried at 63 on this day in history.   

1753  Gerhardus Havingha, composer, dies at 56 on March - 06.   

1754  On this day in history henry Pelham, English premier (1745, 46-54), Gin Act, dies at about 57   

1758  Death of Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician (b. 1705) on March - 06.   

1764  Death of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1690) on March - 06.   

1796  On March - 06 death of guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (b. 1713)   

1836  On this day in history death of davy Crockett, US pioneer (Alamo), killed in battle at 49   

1842  On March - 06 death of constanze Mozart, wife of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763)   

1846  On this day in history nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 [NS]   

1851  Alexander Aliabiev, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80   

1860  On this day in history death of justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (b. 1783)   

1866  Death of William Whewell, English scientist, philosopher, and historian of science (b. 1794) on March - 06.   

1867  Wiktor Kazynski, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history death of horatia Nelson, the illegitimate daughter of Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson (b. 1801)   

1888  On March - 06 louisa May Alcott, US author (Old-fashioned Girl), dies at 55   

1895  Death of Camilla Collett, Norwegian writer and feminist (b. 1813) on this day in history.   

1899  On March - 06 death of victoria Kaiulani, Hawaiian princess (b. 1875)   

1900  On March - 06 gottlieb Daimler, designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65   

1905  Death of John Henninger Reagan, American Confederate politician (b. 1818) on March - 06.   

1917  Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73 on March - 06.   

1924  Meyer E van Beem, actor (Moittige Janus), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history william Milton, cricketer (S Afr Test capt in 3 Tests 1889-92), dies   

1932  John Philip Sousa, US composer (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1933  On March - 06 death of anton J Cermak, US mayor of Chicago, murdered   

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1340  John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399) was born on March - 06.   

1405  On March - 06 birth of johan II, King of Castille   

1405  King John II of Castile (d. 1454) was born on this day in history.   

1459  On March - 06 birth of jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant   

1475  Michelangelo, Italian painter (David) (d. 1564) was born on March - 06.   

1483  On this day in history birth of francesco Guicciardini, Ital attorney/president of Romagna   

1492  On March - 06 birth of jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer   

1495  Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione) was born on March - 06.